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Rules 30 Questions in all.
Questions 3,8,14,15,16,17,20,26,27,28 are *s. The *
questions will also be used to resolve ties. No negative marking. (This is not JEE!)
No googling. You will be disqualified for doing so.
Quiz Masters decision is final.
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Question 0 Xwas manufactured by forge welding and is composed
of 98% pure wrought iron.
In a report published in the journalCurrent Science
, R.Balasubramaniam of the IIT Kanpur explains how Xsresistance to corrosion is due to a passive protectivefilm at the iron-rust interface. The presence of second-
phase particles (slag and unreduced iron oxides) in themicrostructure, that of high amounts of phosphorus inthe metal, and the alternate wetting and dryingexisting under atmospheric conditions are the threemain factors in the three-stage formation of thatprotective passive film.
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Question 1The word X is a term for the people, cultures, andproducts of the Indian subcontinent or South Asia and,increasingly, to the people, cultures, and products of
their diaspora. X countries include India, Pakistan,Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and sometimes Nepal and theMaldives. The first known usage of the Sanskrit rootis found in the Natya Shastra (~200 BC), where itdefines the regional varieties of folk performing arts,
as opposed to the classical, pan-Indian margi. In Indiaand Pakistan, "X in the context of food, implies"native" or "traditional." What is X?
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Question 2This village was within the province of
"Nolambavady" ruled by great Chalukya Kings. It is
popularly believed that the Chalukyas halted at thisplace to rest after a long horse-ride. A lake was
excavated for them to quench their thirst. The place
thus came to be known ______. Fill in the blank.
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*Question 3 After school, he took a commission in the Indian
Army. He spent eight years in the army and fought inthe 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.Upon retirement
from the armed forces, he established an ecologicallysustainable sericulture farm; his innovative methodsearned him the Rolex Laureate Award in 1996. Next,he started the Malnad Mobikes (Enfield dealership)and opened a hotel in Hasan. In May 2006 he was
knighted with Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur thehighest civilian award conferred by the FrenchGovernment. Probably the lesser known achievementsof this illustrious entrepreneur. Who?
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Question 4 The origin of this medicine lies in the traditional
Ayurvedic digestive medicine Shudhabardhak bati. It
is a mix of herb, spices and edible salts commonlyused in home remedies to treat stomach ailments like
flatulence, indigestion and flatulent dyspepsia. How
do we better know this medicine?
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Question 5It is a red shield charged with a white two-headed bird fringedin blue. Crested above it, four red-maned, yellow lions standback-to-back facing four directions (only three are visible) on ablue circular abacus with a blue frieze carrying sculptures in
high relief of a galloping horse on the left, a Dharmachakra incentre, a bull on the right, and the outlines of Dharmachakrason the extreme left and right as part of Sarnath's Ashoka Pillar.The shield is flanked on either side by red-maned, yellow lion-elephant Sharabha supporters (mythical creatures believed tobe upholders of righteousness stronger than lions andelephants) standing on a green, leafy compartment. Below thecompartment lies written in stylized Devangar, the nationalmotto of India, "" (Satyameva Jayate, Sanskrit for"Truth Alone Triumphs").Yen bagge maathadtiddivi guru?
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Question 6X is a homeopathy practitioner and the Chairman and
Managing Director of Ys Positive Health Clinic Pvt
Ltd. He received his medical degree in homeopathy in1972 from Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel
Homoeopathic Medical College. X is the author of
some popular books on Homeopathy and also writes
regularly for the column Heal with Homeopathypublished in The Times of India. He was awarded the
Padma Shri in 2012, in his own words described it as
a hair raising experience. X or Y?
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Question 7X made his debut in ____ No 27 in January 1983. He
was not originally conceptualized by the creators of
the magazine. He was born out of 3 narrative storiessent by Sameer Salman from Trichy. The concept was
rendered into comic format in ______ studios,with the
illustrations by one of the famous yesteryear artists,
Ram Waeerkar. Who is X?
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*Question 8Legend has it that a beautiful princess lived in theforest where there was then a palace. She loved andenjoyed bathing in a lake nearby and used to drink
"sweetened milk" from her "Golden Jug" afterfinishing with her bath. One day while enjoying herjug of milk she found herself being watched by aprince, who was standing amongst the trees. Red withembarrassment at her inadequate bathing attire, she
poured the jug of milk in front of him to form animprovised curtain to hide her body, while the maidsrushed to cover her with her dress. Legend behindwhat?
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Question 9X is a food preserve mainly from North India. Its
name is a combination of two words, one meaning
flower in both Persian and Arabic and the other
meaning sweet. The preparation of X takes over 3 to 4
weeks which includes exposure to sunlight for around
6 hours a day. Most commonly used as an ingredient
of paan, it has numerous health benefits and hence isregarded as an Ayurvedic tonic. X please?
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Question 10_______ Industrial Estate, an industrial suburb of
New Delhi in South Delhi was established byNational Small Industries Corporation and was one of
the 12 such estates being developed across India toencourage small industries. Construction work at thesite began in 1952 and it was finally inaugurated in1958, and in time became synonymous to growth ofsmall scale industries in the region. Today it is divided
in three phases. ______ also lends its name to a city inIndia set up as part of an urbanization thrust duringthe controversial Emergency period (19751977). Fillin the blank
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Question 11The most striking feature of this place is the near-
perfect symmetry. Flanked on either side by two
identical buildings, symmetric sprawling gardens of
Mughal and British style landscaping. Less known is
the complaint of the architects, which according to
evidence, is that the structure was not built at the
exact place as was intended, as it was thought that theoriginal idea might add unnecessary expenses, a
reason for which the visionary of this masterpiece was
never quite content. Which building?
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Question 12X was founded in 1996 as "X On The Net" by Ajit
Balakrishnan and is headquartered in Mumbai.
X.com was the first website domain name registered
in India in 1996. In April 2011, X acquired India
Abroad , a weekly newspaper published from New
York City, which focuses on Indian news meant for
an Indian American, Indian diaspora and expatriateaudience.
ID X.
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Question 13 There is yet another interesting belief according to
which the river Ganges also joins X underground once ayear, during the Tulamasa, in order to wash herself freeof the pollution caused by the crowds of sinners who
bathe in her waters all the year round. X is consideredto be as sacred as the Ganges throughout its course,with the same power to wash off all ones sins. Butwhen the three rivers meet, is considered to be themost sacred spot of all. There are temples all along its
banks visited by thousands of pilgrims. X is joined byseveral rivers, the most important ones being Kakkabe,Kadanur, Kummahole, Hemavathi, Lakshmanatirtha,Shimsha etc. It flows into the Bay of Bengal inThanjavur district in Tamil Nadu. Give us the River X
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*Question 14The Barmy Army is a semi-organised group of English cricketfans which arranges touring parties for some of its members tofollow the English cricket team on overseas tours. Just like this
group in England, the Indian cricket team has the X as friendsto support them. The X was formed during Indias tour toAustralia in Season 2003/04 by a group of 10 die-hard Indiancricket supporters following their beloved Indian team aroundAustralia. Since then, the X have been a recognised force at
each ground cheering on Team India. Local and internationalmedia caught onto the X, with members being interviewed byChannel 9s Cricket Show, NDTV and Nova 969. What's X?
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*Question 15X is an Indian film director and producer. Theproceeds of X's debut film, which was nominated foran Academy Award For Best Foriegn Language Film,
were used to establish an organisation for streetchildren in India called Salaam Baalak Trust. Xrejected the offer to direct the 5th installment of ahighly successful movie franchise saying "I am moresuited to emotions, human beings, and less interested
in special effects." X's most recent movie, Y is basedon a novel written by Mohsin Hamid, a Pakistaniauthor and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in2012. ID X and Y
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*Question 16Connect these names-
George Alencherry
Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal
Oswald Gracias
Telesphore Toppo
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*Question 17Presently these can be divided into 3 types'Real ______' made of pure gold & silver.'Imitation ______' made of silver electroplated
(thinly) copper wire.Metallic _____ made of slitted polyester metallisedfilm.It is manufactured by winding or wrapping (covering)a flattened metallic strip made from pure gold, silver
or slitted metallised polyester film, on a core yarn,usually of pure silk, art silk, viscose, cotton, nylon,polyester, P.P., mono/multi filament, wire, etc.What are we talking about?
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Question 18 X is a company located in the city of Mysore, India
which was started by the Maharaja of Mysore,Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar in the year 1937. It
became a public sector company when India gainedindependence in 1947. Currently its under theownership of the government of Karnataka. Thecompany also manufactures products such as sealing
wax and postage stamp cancellation. However itsclaim to fame is because of something designed by theNational Physical Laboratory of India due to which itsprofits have soared well into the millions. Put funda
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Question 19There are many stories in Indias mythology involving X. Onesuch story is-Nakula, the son of Madri was a great astrologer, but he couldsay something about the future just once, after which he used toforget what he had said. Before the epic Mahabharta Warstarted, Duryodhana, the eldest of the Kaurava brothersapproached Nakula asking him who would win the war. Nakulareplied that the army of the one who could hoist his flag on thestone of a mountain would win the war. As soon as he said thisto Duryodhana, he forgot what he had said, but Bheema hadheardNakulas words. Duryodhana sent his army and men to
hoist a flag at a particular mountain. Bheema ran alone.Duryodhanas men were able to reach the mountain beforeBheema could. Bheema fought them off but he had forgottento carry the flag of the Pandavas. Hence he had to use X as aflag which he hoisted giving Pandavas the victory. What is X?
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*Question 20Ash is a Pentium 4 machine with 2 Gigs of RAM, and
is used as a web server.
Bipasha is a Celeron with 2 Gigs of RAM, responsible
for all file conversions and processing.
This company also uses 2 more servers under the
names of Celina and Dia. Identify the company
launched on October 4,2006, which currently gets anestimated 58 million unique visitors a month, and has
about 16 million registered users
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Question 21It's historically agreed that the tradition began when the AdiShankaracharya (8th century) created them as a Hindu army.The X are the most heavily armed and militant of all Hinduakharas and until this day, their retreats are called 'chhaavni' or
armed camps. They hold mock jousts with each other usingswords, spears and tridents, and until as late as the 1950s, itwasn't unusual for them to strike or even kill some one onissues of honour. With their deep veneration for the AdiShankaracharya, their chant when paraphrased in their contextwould read, "I, that is Shiva, is born in every age to save theworld from itself. Once warriors, today many of them haveformed ramta panch (organisation of wandering monks) andwander covering thousands of villages on foot.Who are we talking about?
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Question 22X is an author who can boast of several first's. He is creditedwith 'India's first crime novels in English' through a trilogy.He has become widely known due to his retellings of _____,with his bestselling 8 book series of critically acclaimedbestsellers. He wishes to create an Epic India Library, a 70volume massive story cycle, bringing about a resurgence inIndian Mythology.This series can also be directly attributed to his publishers
Westland Books taking in more authors in the fantasy/mythgenre - One of such books, Y by ______ going on to become anumber one bestseller, selling more than a million copies for itand it's sequel. Karan Johar currently has the film rights to Y
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Question 23X is a column that appears in the editorial page of a
newspaper owned by Bennet, Coleman and Company
Limited. Launched in February 2010, X paper, a
weekly newspaper, caters to the reader seeking any
form of wellbeing of the mind or body. X has also
ventured into online space by recently launching the
first social networking website of its kind in theworld. ID.
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Question 24From its founding in 1864, its annual publication has
continued uninterrupted to the present day, making it
the longest running sports annual in history. It is
currently owned by A&C black, a subsidiary of
Bloomsbury. 2012 marked the publication of the first
ever exclusive Indian edition of this annual. What are
we talking about?
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Question 25An old legend tells of a tale of the beginning of
time,when the priests in a temple were given a
horizontally segmented golden pyramid. Their
assignment was to transfer the pyramid, segment by
segment in order, from one location to another of
three; without inverting it at any stage. The priests
worked very efficiently, day and night. When theyfinished their work, the myth said, the temple would
crumble into dust, and the world would vanish. What
is being described here?
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*Question 26 Id the band. Why have they been in the news recently?
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Question 26
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*Question 27Zero Mile Stone(pic in the next slide) is a monumentlocated in Nagpur, Maharashtra. It was erected by the
British and it consists of four horses and a pillar made
up of sand stone. Its maintenance has been take care
of by the Times of India since 2008. But the
interesting part lies in the significance of its point of
construction? What is this significance?
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*Question 28During the filming ofHelp!, there were some Indians in arestaurant scene and I kind of messed around with one of theirmusical instruments then. Towards the end of the year anyway,I kept hearing the name of Y. So I went out and bought a record
and that was it. It felt very familiar to me to listen to thatmusic. It was around that time I bought a _____. I just bought acheap _____ in a shop called India Craft, in London. It waslying around. I hadn't really figured out what to do with it.When we were working on Z it just needed something, and itwas quite spontaneous, from what I remember. I just picked upmy ____, found the notes and just played it. We miked it upand put it on and it just seemed to hit the spot.
Dont give us the blank, Y and Z please?
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Question 29 The device XY uses a series of clockwork gears and asmoked glass plate to record the movement of the tip______ at magnifications of up to 10,000. Marks are
made on the plate at intervals of a few seconds,demonstrating how the rate of growth varies undervarying stimuli. X experimented with temperature,chemicals, gasses and electricity. An electronic versionof XY uses a differential transformer for measurement.
Its movable core is hinged between two points. Amicrometer is used to adjust and calibrate the system.X and Y?
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Question 30What do the routes
indicate? Theresone route marked in
a different colour.Whats the reason?
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